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Employers Now Vie to Hire
Moms With Young Children

By

Robert Johnson Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Sept. 19, 2000 11:59 p.m. ET

Here is the profile of a worker, once shunned by employers but now in demand: The mom with a young child.

Yes, mothers with elementary-age or preschool children -- the workers who so often are branded as being distracted with day-care problems and earache woes -- are hot. Some companies, especially small businesses, are actively recruiting...